gǎn

Traditional: 趕

HSK 3

赶 (gǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to overtake; to catch up with
  2. 2to hurry; to rush
  3. 3to try to catch (the bus etc)
  4. 4to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away
  5. 5to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
  6. 6until; by (a certain time)
Part of speech
verb

Related words

赶快quickly; at once赶紧hurriedly赶上to keep up with赶到to hurry (to some place)赶走to drive out赶来to rush over追赶to pursue赶路to hasten on with one's journey赶往to hurry to (somewhere)驱赶to drive (vehicle)赶跑to drive away赶尽杀绝to kill to the last one (idiom)

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